About

for any of us, the Mental Game is the difference between potential and Achievement. I help you play your Mental Game -- Discipline, Confidence, Mental Toughness & Personal Initiative -- at your Highest level, so you can be your best in any game You're in.

What People Say...

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Dre, The life I decided to create when we talked is coming into being every day.

I am so incredibly grateful. You're the best. Thank you for changing my course by pushing me and challenging me. I honestly don't think I could have heard it from anyone but you at that point.

Jean South​​- Entrepreneur

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I was a really good basketball player physical but mentally I wasn't there... I went from good to unstoppable. Dre just doesn't cover Confidence. He covers Confidence, discipline, Visioning Success, dealing with negativity, mindset mistakes and much, much more! I have recommended Dre to anyone who wants to be serious in basketball or anything in life. Thank you again and Work On Your Game!

Grayson Honaker​​- Athlete

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The positive gains from the experience overall have been lasting and are evident in my day to day life. A big take away was being reminded of how much control each of us have in maximizing our quality of life each day. There won’t ever be a need to repeat this process ever again. If you could benefit from learning how to be more organized, more confident, or whatever...heck we all can be better at something! Contact Dre ASAP and make good on your plans to improve if you are really serious about it. His methods are sound and his approach is both polished and professional.

Jeff Rashad Thomas​​- Service Specialist

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I would sometimes let [lack of] self-confidence get in my way... Dre helped me get my mind right and become the person who I wanted to be. I highly recomend Dre for anyone who wants to to get on the path of getting your mind right and achieving the things that you really want to do.

Work On Your Game!

John Madson​​- Financial Adviser, Business Owner

Through the content I share and the products and services I offer, I help people develop the Discipline to do the necessary work, which results in the Self-Belief to put yourself and your work "out there" into the world -- but that doesn't mean things always work out. We will develop in you the Mental Toughness to stick to your vision, even when it appears that your work is not working.

The end result is the personal fulfillment you feel from squeezing all the juice out of your orange, so to speak, and all the benefits that come with it.

I don't trade in "hacks" or shortcuts.

I tell some good stories and have some stuff that'll make you laugh (I think), but I'm not an entertainer.

I'm not here for anyone seeking a quick-fix solution.

I don't work with anyone who doesn't understand and appreciate the value of personal investment (which is four levels deeper than merely spending money).

Have you ever heard someone tell the facts and statistics about how many people try and fail to start a business, play professional sports, or "make it" from a certain background? I turn those would-be statistics into success stories.

Where I Came From

If everything had gone according to plan, I would’ve become a football player.

My favorite athlete was Deion Sanders, who played football and baseball. I lasted only a few weeks on my first football team, and wasn't good at baseball.

One day I walked across the park to the basketball courts to see what I could do there. I was tall, athletic, had long limbs, and I’m Black — maybe I have some natural advantages! While I did have some physical tools, I didn’t know how to play — and no idea how to learn. And no one to help me.

My parents didn’t know basketball. None of the neighborhood coaches saw potential in me. There weren’t any social media influencers to follow.

I got the wild idea that if I showed up to the playground basketball courts earlier, more often, and stayed around for longer, than the other, much-better-than-me players, I might be able to catch up and maybe even pass them.

Luckily, it worked. It got me on my high school varsity… finally, as a senior. A senior who sat the bench. I walked on to make my college hoops team, but finished my senior year not even on a roster.

My performance at that exposure camp had made me into a professional basketball player.

In basketball, I made myself part of the 1% who actually have a professional career. At the same time on YouTube, I created the platform for the millions of players who won’t become pros to still be “somebody” in basketball.

My own career wasn’t exactly a smooth ride. I didn’t always know when — or if — my next gig was happening. I had to stay ready, though, and those waiting-on-a-phone-call workouts are what made me known to millions of developing athletes worldwide.

In addition to the basketball tips, people asked about my thought process.

How do you stay disciplined to train when you don’t even know if you’ll get a chance to show it?

How can I be confident in my games when I played terribly in my last game?

What’s your motivation to work so hard when the payoff hasn’t yet come?

My answers to these challenges become the business I run today.

I created Work On Your Game to help people get their minds right, whether playing a sport, doing business, or just living life.

To build the Discipline to show up day after day to do the work. Which leads to…

The Confidence to put yourself out there, boldly and authentically. And then to maintain…

The Mental Toughness to continue showing up, doing the work, and putting yourself out there — even when the success you planned for has yet to happen.

While all of the above is great to have, it’s useless without the Personal Initiative to move yourself to action and make things happen instead of waiting for things to happen.

I am Dre Baldwin. You may know me through my basketball videos, podcast, or social media activity. Maybe you saw me speak at an event, or maybe I reached out to you cold to sell myself. My expertise is in the Mental Game and its applications to business, sports and life.